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      Sulaiman Hakemy is opinion editor at The National. Sulaiman previously worked as an industry reporter in Abu Dhabi, and as a freelance correspondent in Turkey, Western Europe and Canada, covering politics, refugees and terrorism for several outlets including the BBC, New York Times, the New Statesman and VICE.
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      People carry the coffin of an Afghan female judge gunned down in Kabul. EPA
      The Afghan government's clumsy fight against the ICC

      Kabul bizarrely claims that an earnest pursuit of justice would jeopardise peace

      CommentJuly 02, 2021
      People attend at a memorial at the location where a family of five was hit by a driver, in London, Ontario on Monday. AP Photo
      Everything is not fine in Canada

      After a fatal attack on an Ontario Muslim family, The National’s Sulaiman Hakemy reflects on his immigrant Canadian upbringing

      CommentJune 09, 2021
      Thousands of ISIS suspects remain in prison in Iraq. AFP
      Iraq is in a legal mess over ISIS - and the West has made it worse

      Iraqi laws are still unfit to try a global terrorist group, stifling Baghdad's ability to prosecute effectively

      CommentMay 27, 2021
      An estimated 50 people are thought to have died after a bomb went off outside a school near Kabul on Saturday. AP
      Afghanistan's war is killing its students, and its whole education system

      The country cannot stabilise without an educated population, but people cannot go to school without stability

      CommentMay 09, 2021
      US and Nato troops are set to leave Afghanistan in September. Getty
      Biden gives Afghanistan its own 9/11

      America's strategy to depart Afghan soil is making another war inevitable

      CommentApril 14, 2021
      Adhir Kalyan, left, stars as the titular character in 'United States of Al'; the second episode will be released on April 8. Getty Images
      Is Chuck Lorre’s ‘United States of Al’ really racist?

      We speak with a combat interpreter, a US soldier and two of the series’ Afghan writers to find out

      TelevisionApril 08, 2021
      Afghanistan has seen a spate of deadly violence as the government and Taliban engage in talks about the country's future. AP
      If you think the West's culture wars are bad, try Afghanistan's

      With the looming prospect of Taliban rule, Afghans have been embroiled in debates about race and gender

      CommentMarch 16, 2021
      Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, with then US vice president Joe Biden in Ottawa in 2016. Times have changed over the past five years. Reuters
      Joe Biden has already created a political mess for Justin Trudeau

      The US has scrapped an oil pipeline that was key to Canadian 'national unity'

      CommentFebruary 01, 2021
      An Afghan woman who was displaced from volatile areas works on the top of her house roof in temporary shelters, on December 17, 2020. EPA
      If Kabul and the Taliban can't even agree in talks about talks...

      Is there any hope for a peace deal?

      CommentDecember 23, 2020
      Before his assassination, Abu Muhammed Al Masri was hiding in plain sight in Tehran. EPA
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      Beyond the Headlines: Iran's secret affair with Al Qaeda

      Assassination of a 'Lebanese history professor' in Tehran exposes an unlikely relationship between Iran's theocracy and the extremist terrorist group it supposedly reviles

      November 27, 2020
      Thousands of Afghans have sought asylum in Australia in recent years, but their applications are rarely accepted. NurPhoto via Getty
      After evidence of brutal war crimes, what Australia owes Afghans

      Junior Australian soldiers were instructed to kill innocents, creating an environment of terror

      CommentNovember 26, 2020
      US President-elect Joe Biden will bring considerable experience of foreign policy, including on the Middle East, when he enters the Oval Office in January 2021. Reuters
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      Beyond the Headlines: How will Joe Biden change US policy in the Middle East?

      Incoming president is expected to steer a new course after entering the Oval Office

      Beyond the HeadlinesNovember 22, 2020
      Joe Biden speaks in Delaware in the early morning hours of November 4, 2020. Getty/AFP
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      Is Trump right about Biden trying to 'STEAL' the election?

      Democratic candidate threw a curveball at the president in the final hours of a long and tiring game

      CommentNovember 04, 2020
      US President Donald Trump delivers a post-election speech at the White House early on November 4, 2020. AFP
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      What would Trump’s path to the Supreme Court look like?

      The President’s legal case will rely on creating an atmosphere of chaos

      The AmericasNovember 04, 2020
      Each of the visions of Joe Biden, left, and Donald Trump, to their own respective camps, are worth fighting hard for. AP Photo
      Why it's important to lose elections

      If the US wants to be a winner like Trump has promised, Americans need to learn how to be losers

      CommentOctober 07, 2020
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